Technology
AppleMagazine
INSTACART WORKERS SEEK STRIKE AS JOBS GET BUSIER, RISKIER
A possible strike by Instacart workers highlights the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the grocery delivery business, where workers are worried about their safety as they try to meet a surge in demand for online groceries.
4 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
IF YOU DON'T LAUGH, YOU CRY: COPING WITH VIRUS THROUGH HUMOR
Neil Diamond posts a fireside rendition of “Sweet Caroline” with its familiar lyrics tweaked to say, “Hands ... washing hands.”
4 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
TRUMP ROLLBACK OF MILEAGE STANDARDS GUTS CLIMATE CHANGE PUSH
The Trump administration’s rollback of mileage standards this week marks a win for Americans who like their SUVs and pickup trucks, but the government’s own estimates show big costs, too — more Americans dying from air pollution, more climate-damaging tailpipe exhaust and more expense for drivers at the gas pumps.
4 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
GRANDPARENTING GOES DIGITAL AS VIRUS KEEPS OLDER ADULTS HOME
A few weeks ago, Debbie Cameron saw her grandsons most days, playing the piano, making after-school snacks or singing nursery rhymes with the baby in her Chandler, Arizona, home.
4 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
FRONT LINE:TECH GIANTS JOIN FIGHT AGAINST OUTBREAK
As large parts of the world go into lockdown to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus, tech companies are rallying their troops to join the battle against COVID-19.
6 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
REMOTE LEARNING POSES HURDLES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
At school, Rose Hayes, 8, works with a team of teachers and therapists trained to help with her genetic condition.
5 min |
April 03, 2020
AppleMagazine
Can Blood from Coronavirus Survivors Treat the Newly ILL?
Hospitals are gearing up to test if a century-old treatment used to fight off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and tried more recently against SARS and Ebola, just might work for COVID-19, too: using blood donated from patients who’ve recovered.
4 min |
March 27, 2020
AppleMagazine
TRUMP HOPING TO SEE US ECONOMY REOPENED BY EASTER AMID VIRUS
President Donald Trump said he is hoping the United States will be reopened by Easter as he weighs how to relax nationwide social distancing guidelines to put some workers back on the job during the coronavirus outbreak.
5 min |
March 27, 2020
AppleMagazine
THE NEW iPAD PRO:LEVELING UP THE TABLET EXPERIENCE
With Apple pulling the plug on its March Special Event over coronavirus fears, where it planned to show off new iPads and MacBooks, the company decided to launch its biggest update to the iPad in a press release.
8 min |
March 27, 2020
AppleMagazine
SOFTBANK TO BUY BACK $41 BILLION IN ASSETS TO TRIM DEBT
The Japanese technology and telecoms company SoftBank said it plans to buy back up to 4.5 trillion yen ($41 billion) of its assets as it seeks to trim its gigantic debt burden.
2 min |
March 27, 2020
AppleMagazine
VIRUS SPURS UNEXPECTED TEST FOR US SCHOOLS: ONLINE LEARNING
The coronavirus shutdowns have launched an unplanned, unprecedented experiment with online education at schools across the U.S., and the nation’s largest school system plunged in Monday as New York City asked over 1.1 million students to log in and learn.
5 min |
March 27, 2020
AppleMagazine
NETFLIX'S ‘SELF MADE' TELLS OF FIRST FEMALE MILLIONAIRE
Madam C.J. Walker may be one of America’s most successful “pull yourself up by your own bootstrap” stories, but many have never heard of her. However, that’s changing, thanks to the recent release of a Netflix limited series starring Octavia Spencer.
2 min |
March 27, 2020
AppleMagazine
NO FAMILY, FANFARE FOR NASA ASTRONAUT LAUNCHING NEXT MONTH
A NASA astronaut who’s about to leave the planet for six months will blast off without any family or fanfare because of the coronavirus.
3 min |
March 27, 2020
AppleMagazine
MANY AIRLINE FLIGHTS NEARLY EMPTY AS VIRUS UNDERCUTS TRAVEL
Airline service in the United States is teetering on the brink of collapse, with near-empty planes and coronavirus outbreaks that have left some air traffic control towers empty.
4 min |
March 27, 2020
AppleMagazine
8 EUROPEAN SPACECRAFT PUT IN HIBERNATION AMID VIRUS LOCKDOWN
The European Space Agency said that it is putting eight of its spacecraft into hibernation as it scales down operations during the coronavirus outbreak.
1 min |
March 27, 2020
AppleMagazine
Google sibling Verily launches Covid-19 screening website
Google sister company Verily has launched a website to screen people who think they might have COVID-19 and point them to testing sites. But you probably can’t use it to get tested quite yet.
2 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
As virus shuts down cities in Europe, pollution drops
The European Union’s space agency’s earth-observation satellites have detected a significant reduction in the pollutant nitrogen dioxide, a byproduct of the use of diesel motors and other human activities, in northern Italy as the advance of the COVID-19 has led to drastic measures curtailing ordinary life.
1 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
Apple introduces new MacBook Air
Apple has introduced an all-new MacBook Air, offering faster performance, a new scissor-switch magic keyboard, twice the storage than the previous generation, and a new lower $999 price tag.
2 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
Trade Show Blues: Exhibitions go Virtual as Virus Spreads
Fine wines and hipster gin. Hunting rifles and knives. Contemporary paintings and milliondollar sports cars. They’re all marketed at trade events that are quickly going dark across the globe due to the new coronavirus - and taking with them sales opportunities that may be difficult to make up.
4 min |
March 06, 2020
AppleMagazine
A Cruel Paradox: Beating Virus Means Causing US Recession
The coronavirus is dealing a death blow to the longest U.S. economic expansion on record, triggering layoffs and putting intense strain on the nation’s financial system.
6 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
HOW TO CLEAN THE BUNDLE OF GERMS THAT IS YOUR PHONE
You’re washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus.
1 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
CINEMAS CLOSE NATIONWIDE, DISNEY POSTPONES ‘BLACK WIDOW'
U.S. movie theaters have closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, turning dark nearly all of the country’s 40,000-plus screens in an unprecedented shutdown.
4 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
BUSINESS FALLOUT: APPLE GOES ONLINE, DELTA SLASHES FLIGHTS
Apple said its annual developers conference would take place entirely online this year, joining a growing list of companies that are canceling big, in-person events as the coronavirus spreads.
3 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
NEW TONE ON VIRUS FOR FOX NEWS STARS – TO A POINT
Fox News Channel’s influential prime-time lineup is starting to reflect the changed realities of the coronavirus outbreak, without embracing old enemies.
4 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
MORE WIPES, NO JEANS: AMAZON LIMITS SHIPMENTS TO WAREHOUSES
To make room for toilet paper, hand sanitizer and other items in high demand during the global viral pandemic, Amazon said it is limiting what brands and independent sellers can send to its warehouses for the next three weeks.
1 min |
March 20, 2020
AppleMagazine
Economic Toll of Virus Goes Global and Hits Close to Home
Seven weeks after the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the U.S., the spread of the virus that causes the disease has done widespread damage to critical economic sectors in the country.
6 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
Behind The Scenes, Scientists Prep For Covid-19 Vaccine Test
A team of scientists jostled for a view of the lab dish, staring impatiently for the first clue that an experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus just might work.
5 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
Amid Virus Crisis, Officials Announce Health Care Tech Rules
With coronavirus topping Americans’ concerns, senior Trump administration officials tried to switch subjects by announcing final rules aimed at delivering on the unfulfilled promise of electronic health records.
3 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
IT'S CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF IRON RAIN AT HOT, FARAWAY WORLD
At one hot, faraway world, it’s always cloudy with a chance of iron rain.
2 min |
March 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
VERMONT SUES WEB-SCRAPING FACIAL RECOGNITION FIRM
The state of Vermont is suing a data broker that it says uses facial recognition technology to map the faces of Vermonters, including children, and then sells access to the data to private businesses, individuals and law enforcement.
1 min |